Holding in Company

Johnson Service Group PLC
7 December 2001


Letter to Johnson Service Group PLC - dated December 4, 2001

Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the UK 
Companies Act 1985.  Please note that while this information details the 
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure 
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely 
for purposes of clarity and efficiency.  It is not intended to indicate that any
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The Interest detailed herein was acquired solely for investment purposes.  For 
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its direct 
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its 
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.

Contact:
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Amendment No. 8

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:     Johnson Service Group PLC

2. Notifiable Interest:                  Ordinary Shares

      (A) FMR Corp.
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

          Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company      
          (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity         
          Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts 
          as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust       
          accounts (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and   
          their holdings.)

      (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
          P O Box HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

          Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,  
          including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and, investment    
          managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional    
          clients.  (See Schedule A for listing of Registered shareholders and  
          their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

          Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

       A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit  
   trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting        
   pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate             
   notifications of interest in  the shares and are combined solely for the     
   purposes of clarity.  Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR    
   Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International       
   Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d   
   act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that  
   they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely   
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a   
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of   
   such rights, or under section 203 or the Act respectively.


Letter from Fidelity Investments



Schedule A                                                 Amendment No 8

Security: Johnson Service Group PLC

                   SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

(Ordinary Shares)
                   
                   750,000           FMRCO                       HSBC
                    86,233           FMRCO         State Street Nominees Limited
                 1,440,367           FMRCO           Chase Nominees Limited
                    26,200           FMTC          State Street Nominees Limited
                 3,223,177           FISL            Chase Nominees Limited
                   472,510           FIL             Chase Nominees Limited
                   249,700           FIL                 Northern Trust
                    10,100           FIL               Nortrust Nominees Ltd

Total Ordinary 
Shares          6,258,287

Current 
ownership 
percentage:         11.02%

Shares in 
issue:         56,785,232

Change in 
holdings since 
last filing:     +580,910 ordinary shares